Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Portugal
Portugal: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,488 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Portugal, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Portugal is 2,488 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Portugal peaked at 2,496 kcal/cap/d in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2,488 kcal/cap/d, in 2025.
That places Portugal 48th out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,496 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,496 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,495 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,494 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,494 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,493 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,493 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,493 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,493 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,493 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,493 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,493 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,492 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,492 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,493 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,493 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,493 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,493 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,492 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,492 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,492 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,492 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,492 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,491 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,489 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2025 | 2,488 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,494 kcal/cap/d | 2,493 kcal/cap/d | 2,496 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,493 kcal/cap/d | 2,492 kcal/cap/d | 2,493 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,491 kcal/cap/d | 2,488 kcal/cap/d | 2,492 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 45 Antigua and Barbuda 2,491 kcal/cap/d compare
- 45 Romania 2,491 kcal/cap/d compare
- 47 Croatia 2,490 kcal/cap/d compare
- 48 Bulgaria 2,488 kcal/cap/d compare
- 50 North Macedonia 2,486 kcal/cap/d compare
- 51 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,482 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.96 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.96 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Portugal?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Portugal was 2,488 kcal/cap/d in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 2,496 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,488 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- How does Portugal rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Portugal ranks 48th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Portugal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.